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Hotel Turock – Turock Bros. For Coal Hauling – Main Street – Dickson City, PA

Mar 29th, 2015

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’35¢ Per 100 Lbs’ © Frank H. Jump

Turock Bros. – Phone 640 – CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE © Frank H. Jump

CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE © Frank H. Jump

Coal, Ice, Wood – 1301 Main Street – Dickson City – © Frank H. Jump

THE DICKSON CITY BOROUGH SCHOOL District solicits sealed bids for the furnishing of Janitors’ Supplies of the Second Class for the School Year 1938 – 37. Lists of supplies can be secured from the Secretary. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. A certified check of 10 per cent of the amount of the bid shall accompany each bid. All bids to be In the hands of the Secretary. John J. Turock. on July 1. 1936. at 7:30 P. M., at which time they shall be opened and read at an Adjourned Regular Meeting of the Board In the Board Room. JOHN J. TUROCK, Secretary, 1301 Main Street, Dickson City, Pa. – June 24, 1936 – The Scranton Republican from Scranton, Pennsylvania · Page 30

Posted in: Coal & Ice, Dickson City PA, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Hotels, NEPA, Wood.

H.J. Stoll & Sons Inc. – Feeds & Concentrates – Montgomery Brothers – Portland, OR – Pacific NW Correspondent – Howie Schechter

Mar 28th, 2015

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The building pictured is located on NW Marshall. “H. J. STOLL & SONS was formed on 1938-01-17 in Oregon by ROBERT F STOLL located at 2320 SE GRAND AVE, PORTLAND, OR, 97214. It is no longer active.” – Business Profiles dot com

Farm Scene – Oregon Feed & Grain Association

H.J. Stoll is a Honorary Lifetime Member of the Oregon Feed & Grain Association.

Back of building – © Howie Schechter

Posted in: Feed & Seeds, Food Concentrates, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Howie Schechter, Pacific NW Correspondent, Portland OR.

Moe Levy & Sons – Mens Clothes – Ridgewood, Queens

Mar 27th, 2015

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CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE © Vincenzo Aiosa

Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) – October 25, 1935 – Museum of the City of NY (CLICK FOR LINK)

Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975) – Untitled, (Moe Levy & Son, N.Y.), ca. 1934–1938 – Robert Mann Gallery

Posted in: Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Men's Apparel.

Piggly Wiggly – Nacogdoches, TX – Chris Adams

Mar 26th, 2015

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Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches – Flickr Stream © Chris Adams

circa 1935 – glenbow dot org

Etsy

CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE – eBay

Chris Adams’ Flickr Photostream

Posted in: Chris Adams, Featured Artist, Markets, Nacogdoches TX.

United Pipe Nipple Co. Inc. – Plumbing Supplies – Manufacturer of Pipe Nipples – Atlantic Avenue – Ocean Hill, Brooklyn

Mar 25th, 2015

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Columbus Place © Vincenzo Aiosa

Posted in: Atlantic Avenue, Austin TX, Brooklyn, Ocean Hill, Pipe Nipples, Pipe Supplies Cutting & Welding.

Elm Street Paint & Hardware – Yonkers, NY

Mar 24th, 2015

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Elm Paint & Hardware – glass, paint, windows, electrical, repaired, locks, plumbing, keys made, exterminating supplies © Vincenzo Aiosa

Still in business!

Posted in: Hardware, Paints, Plumbing, Yonkers NY.

Mussolini in Monta – Echoes of Fascism in Italia – Willemieke Molenaar

Mar 23rd, 2015

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Monta – Via Maccalle

Hi Frankele,

My friend Willemieke Molenaar showed me these photos she took last summer while on vacation in Piemonte. They were taken in Monta, South East of Torino….The fading ad is a portrait of Benito himself, still there from WW-II times. If you look carefully you can see bullet holes in the wall. Supposedly the portrait is regularly being shot at, I guess to show how people feel about it. Curious what you think about it!

Lfs,

Gaia [Son, Lowlands Correspondent]

Lingotto, Torino – Via Nizza

Mussolini Quote in Torino Italy - © Frank H. Jump

La Patria non si nega ma si conquista – Mussolini A. XIV
Don’t deny your country but conquer it (or conquer for it)

Posted in: Fascism, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Italy, Piedmonte Italy, Propaganda.

First Trans-Pacific Airmail Flight of Pan Am’s China Clipper – 80th Anniversary

Mar 22nd, 2015

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Today my Dad and I had lunch for my birthday and he gave me a birthday bag of goodies. Here are two of the items. He used to work for Pan Am so he still has some memorabilia laying around.

The China Clipper (NC14716) was the first of three Martin M-130 four-engine flying boats built for Pan American Airways and was used to inaugurate the first commercial transpacific air service from San Francisco to Manila in November, 1935. Built at a cost of $417,000 by the Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore, Maryland, it was delivered to Pan Am on October 9, 1935.

Cover flown on the “China Clipper” on the first commercial transpacific flight from Alameda, CA, to Manila, PI (FAM 14) November 22–29, 1935 On November 22, 1935 it took off from Alameda, California in an attempt to deliver the first airmail cargo across the Pacific Ocean. – Wikipedia

Cover flown on the “China Clipper” on the first commercial transpacific flight from Alameda, CA, to Manila, PI (FAM 14) November 22–29, 1935 – Wikipedia

In my birthday gift bag my dad gave me, there was also this unused Pan Am matchbook.

Lion Match Co. — Located in Chicago, IL, known in later years as Lion Corporation of America. It originally started business in 1917, in Brooklyn, NY, and began using the Safety First footer wording in 1922. Today, this company produces a general advertising specialty line. It ceased primary matchcover production in 1995, but still produces advertising specialities. – Matchbook Covers dot com

Posted in: PanAm, Stamps.

Lazarus im Schnee – Backyard Scarecrow’s Ode to Spring

Mar 21st, 2015

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Mag da draußen Schnee sich türmen,
Mag es hageln, mag es stürmen,
Klirrend an mein Fenster schlagen,
Nimmer will ich mich beklagen!
Denn ich trage in der Brust
Liebchens Bild und Frühlingslust.

Let snow on itself be piled,
Let the howling storm rage wild,
Beating o’er the window-pane,
Never more will I complain,
For within my heart bide warm
Spring-tide joy and sweetheart’s form.
(Translation attributed to Emma Lazarus – with some tweaks by me)

Heinrich Heine (1797 – 1856)

Mortal, sneer not at the devil;
Life’s a short and narrow way,
And perdition everlasting
Is no error of the day.

Mortal, pay thy debts precisely,
Life’s a long and weary way;
And to-morrow thou must borrow,
As thou borrow’dst yesterday.

Emma Lazarus (1849 – 1887)

Posted in: Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Lazarus, Snow Storms.